Abraham Woodhull

The Process Through Perspectives In the nineteenth century, the slave market had a great impact in American history. Through the book, Soul by Soul, Walter Johnson sought to rectify and comprehend slave trade through the different perspectives of the traders, slaves, and buyers. The interactions of these perspectives allowed for a clearer understanding of the American slave system. Traders were responsible for marketing and selling slaves. Slaves were seen as objects or prices rather than…

For years slavery has been one of the most unexplained, and also unresolved issues in American history. The emotional toll that slavery has taken on society today is one of the most interesting to understand. Depending on who you ask some people say that slavery was actually “good for society today”,which is something that is an opinion and can never truly be justified. The history of slavery is actually more than just one culture, nationality or religion. It’s more than just what the books…

If slaves were able to obtain their freedom, many would write down their stories in hopes that it would help emancipate other slaves. Although all slave autobiographies focused on the desire for gaining freedom, the ways in which the stories were written tended to vary between the sexes. The autobiographies of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs show the thoughts of men and women on slavery and show a comparison of the experience of slavery between genders. As the lives of Douglass and…

It was in 1851, when she gave her most famous speech on poor and working women during the Ohio feminist in Akron. In 1864, she met President Abraham Lincoln and worked with volunteers assisting the black refugees. During 1870’s Truth worked for the rights of the Blacks, initiated efforts to find them jobs and carried lectures for the rights of women. However, in 1883 she was forced to return to…

The Interesting Narrative of the Life and Other Writings by Olaudah Equiano was written in the 1780’s about his life, trials, and successes as well as the lives of slaves and slavery in general. It was written through the eyes of a man who witnessed and experienced slavery first-hand and managed to buy his freedom. By the time he died in 1797, he was a free man, a published author, and was able to amass a large estate that was left to his daughter. He became a Methodist and was very outspoken…

America's history is plagued by scores of controversies and tough decisions made by crafty lawmen. One of the greatest controversies, perhaps, is the issue of slavery, for which thousands upon thousands of men fought and died. Many opposed slavery morally, and some even economically, but everyone had their own opinions on it. The North, however, took action on slavery with laws like the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Compromise of 1850. These two acts harbor a host of moral dilemmas and make many…

In Frederick Douglass’s book, A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, he demonstrates how slaves are treated poorly and making them feel ignorant so they don’t have a sense of identity and a sense of who they are, and how he teaches himself how to be his own and how he later expresses himself with personality. Since Douglass was born, he was given no information about himself. When he grew up, however, he had no “accurate knowledge of my age” because the slave owners keep their slaves…

Not for Admiration, but for Commemoration: Keeping the Confederate Statues Erect With less than one hundred years since it was established, the United States of America split gravely during the historical Civil War. Over the course of four long years, America witnessed the bloodiest battles fought on American soil. After the war was won by the Union and Reconstruction was in full swing, African Americans were given rights previously unavailable to them due to their status in the American social…

Analyzing the primary sources: Memoir of Mrs. Chloe Spear a Native of Africa, Who was Enslaved in Childhood, and Died in Boston, January 3, 1815...Aged 65 Years - written about the life of Chloe Spear, and an image from Child's Anti-Slavery Book: Containing A Few Words About American Slave Children. And Stories of Slave Life A Slave Father Sold Away from His Family, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass – written in Frederick Douglass’ perspective, and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl…

Two Leggings was born in 1844, approximately 21 years before the period of Reconstruction that would ultimately change Crow society forever. During this time, Crow Indians underwent numerous transitions that inevitably changed their culture. The beginning of Two Legging’s memoir talks about how warrior culture dominated Crow society. However, by the end of the book, warrior culture is next to nonexistent. According to Two Leggings, “nothing happened after that. We just lived. There were no more…